Rail-joint.



PATENTED JULY 16, 1907.

' J. A. BRIDGE.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLIOATIDN FILED MAR- 28, 1907.

4 Affan eys I inexpensive to nmnnl'nttnro, and highly of JOHN A. BRIDGE, OF I'JARIMER, YENNSYLVANL'L RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1907.

Application find March 23,1901 Serial No. 355,145.

To all 11:72am it may sonar/"n:

Be it; known that I, Join; A. BRIDGE, a citizen of the United States of America, r-esiding at Larimrar, in the county 01' Wustmorclund and State of Pennsylvaniir, have invented (curtain new and useful Improvements in Ril'llwlUiillS, of which the following is 21 speciiitntion, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. i I

This lIiVuDiOll relates to certain new andnsoiul im- PIL'H'QUIIVH in mil joints, and the invention has for its primary object to provide it novel rail chair for support-- ing rails and novel means in connection with said chair for l illlillfl rails: IlHl'CIlll.

Another ohji. .t of this invention is to provide it rail joint which will l)l'.' strong and dnrirhlo, comptirnrivvly iont for ch-air and ruil l zlsifitlfii' f r preventing mils from spreading or hot-outing displucod in nny dirvction whzitvvvr with relation to their norimxl position.

With tln: uhovv and other ohjm'ts in ViLW, which will inore readily nppi-ar Lt:- l.ltl' invvntion is: hotter linden stood. tho S'Lltllt' consists in tho now-l mnstrnrtion, combination and ur zltlgfllllelll. ot' putts to he horeinuitvr more fully dwst'rihod und th -n SPt't'lilt'llllY pointed out in ho zipptrndod -l;-tims. i I

Re high) the drawing l'ormim; part of this spar-ilk Cation, like nnm -rnls ot' rt-t't-rmu-l. dt-signtitt: vorrw sponding parts throughout tlit sow-ml views, in which:

Flinn: l is :t jltlflll't'llYtf \ltfW of my improvod l'illl joint, Fig. 2 is it l'rugim-ntnry [)t.'t. ])t,(ll\t! vii-w oi n fish hnr, (:utistittttinu n moditit-d form of my invuntion, Fig. 5- is u pwspvvtivo vivw f tho triangular inn also forming part of tinmoditit-ntion, Fig. l is .r t-ross sot:- tionnl vivw of tlnprolt-rrcd lorm of my improvtrd rail joint. Fig. 5 is it -ross Stflittlltll vitew oi the szunn'illustinting-.1 znoditiod form of (o istrmrtion, Fig. it is a perspt-t-tiw: ion of tho prvl'trrvd tormot' mil limit, and Fig. 7 is at pcrspt-wtii'r vit-w of tho ptt-tvrrml iorm oi lish har.

To put my inx -ittion into pint-lion, l onstrnt-t my improrvd mil joint, of strong and dnt'uhlv Hlt'latl. the main purl. of said joint uoiisistim; of a. (hair l having do .p nding sidu r-nliirggt mvnts 2 dllzlpil'tl to (-ngitgt: ht-twonin of mils 4 said mils lining l) fl('tf(l upon llltll ontor side by a fish hall 5 formed into rnl with thv ('hiiii' l. The tish bar 5 has its inner sidn rtw'n' isnd. as at o. and prom-idol with outwardly projt-cting pins 7. sitid pins ongngi tho ordinary holt openings 8 lormnd in tho wch port ions 9 of tho mils t.

The hair 1 opposite the integral lish lmr is provided with a rib 10 having an invlinod incu ll and wrtimlly disposed openings 12 adjacent to ttlt'll 0nd of tho rihi After the rails 4 have been positioned upon thrchztir l, a fish bar 14 is mounted hotwoon the mils land thirih 10, said tlll hoing provided with an inrlini-d time l v to engage the invlinod [3C0 ll of the rib 10. The LtlLftui the bar vl-lis notvht-di as all ill to r-li-nr tho 'rtit'nlly tiiSpUSWl openings: .12 of tho rih it). sztld opvninvs hoizr providvd t'or spikos l7 t-mployvd to m .ttt tho lill' H upon tho chair. 'lh spikvs I? also it -sis: in holdini tlnchnir upon the llos 3 and in conntwti n with sni-l spikvs I employ spikes tr; zit tilt r dgt's of tho (hair.

in Figs. 2, 3 nnd z) of the drztwings, lllttYt iliustriitod u slight modilimtion of my invontion wht-rt-in i drum-hable fish ltd! l!) is omployvd, carrying the pin 'i. Th detircluihha lish liitl' it) is provided with it \urtnul lit- 20 llislHHl of thtint-lincd fin-n l5 ot' lllt hm- 1-1. and adapted to vllgz :0 the Ytlfltzll l'tnw- JG is n trinngnlm' shaped hm '31, said ball lN-itri notvlwd similar to tho inn" l4 to t'lvar the openings 12.

it will lH nppnrt-nt from tho illustration oi my invont'ion that l have providud positive illltl lt'llzlltlt' lllt'lltlh for holding: the confronting ends of two rniht npm: tit-s, my it'nprovt-d trhuir lirmly supporting this Utltlri of tilt mils and providing prawn-till 1i Lontinuous trmtd l'or rolling stot-l' uxhtptvd to trawl ovt-r tho joint. 'lht- (hair-rind llfitlplltllltlltllll;})LlllS(f1\I\lhfl'ilfiliyLilltlqllltlil) posilionud, requiring: no skill -d lihor Wllrlllf'v'll'. and sowing: to lnncu .Ltltl strengthen tho llitldfi of two t'on-- hhby the nppi-ndt d claims mny hrri-sortt-d to with till) w said chair 10 2 m d l 0 and muns 'ngzl thereon.

upun said lim:v

5 1n hzsiimuny whereof I at: my di -nature in the presiesl and mils,

ion with he combinnt "OHN A. BRIDGE. 

